Macromedia Director MX 2004 is used to develop multimedia content for deployment on CDs and DVDs, kiosks, the Internet and anywhere else. The software supports popular video, audio, bitmap, 3D and vector graphics formats.

In addition to JavaScript and support for Flash MX 2004, Macromedia Director MX 2004 now adds support for DVD-Video playback, so Director developers can incorporate DVD-Video playback into their presentations (QuickTime, Windows Media, RealMedia and Flash Video are also supported). Director MX 2004 can also be more easily used to create "projector" files for either Mac or Windows platforms.

As the name implies, this new release of the Director software integrates with other Macromedia MX products and offers similar workspace customization -- Director users can now customize both the "stage" and the "movie-in-a-window" docks to their liking. It can launch and edit Flash and fireworks, and supports the Flash MX 2004 component architecture. In fact, Director MX 2004 includes a subset of the Flash MX 2004 components -- Flash content can now be integrated directly within Director projects. Performance of Flash content working within Director projects has been "dramatically" improved, according to Macromedia.

With JavaScript support, Director developers have an alternative to Macromedia's own Lingo scripting language; the two can be combined as well.